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Immigrant parents fear separation from kids

MINNEAPOLIS – Nina and her husband live in constant fear that US immigration authorities will separate them from their 4-year-old daughter Ayadana. The couple is...

UK to cut protections for refugees under latest asylum ‘overhaul’

LONDON – Britain will drastically reduce protections for refugees and end automatic benefits for asylum seekers, the Labor government announced late Saturday, under new...

Palau ponder staking asylum seekers from US

SYDNEY – The United States is looking to send asylum seekers to the sparsely populated volcanic isles of Palau, the small South Pacific nation...

Immigration concerns endure in UK town hit by 10-day riot

ROTHERHAM, United Kingdom – Ten days after the riots, the scars of violence are still visible outside the hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham,...

Young and old charged over riots point to anger in UK society

Basingstoke, United Kingdom—Far from the madding crowd in a small courtroom in southern England, a 13-year girl held her mother's hand as she pleaded guilty...

Tighter deportation rules take effect

TOKYO – Japanese laws making it easier for the country to deport failed asylum seekers took effect Monday, with campaigners warning that the new...

Acidre urges colleagues to back charity bills

By Maricel V. Cruz Tingog party-list Rep. Jude Acidre has rallied his colleagues behind measures meant to assist people in crisis situations beyond Philippine borders,...

UN: Record 70.8-million people were displaced at the end of 2018

Geneva"•More than 70 million people were counted last year as displaced from their homes, a record that underestimates the real number of refugees and...

US delays plan to return asylum seekers to Mexico

Tijuana, Mexico—The United States has delayed its plan to send asylum seekers back to Mexico while their claims are processed, as the Mexican government...

Australia says ‘game up’ for fake refugees

SYDNEY"•Australia Sunday gave 7,500 boat people until October to file a claim proving they are genuine refugees or be kicked out, declaring the “game...

Probe sought on Aussie abuse of refugees

Sydney—Australia was Monday facing growing opposition demands for an inquiry into its treatment of asylum-seekers on remote Pacific islands after further allegations emerged of...
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